A unique summer and year-round theatre program
MRT’s Young Company is a unique year-long program for young people interested in theatre. The experience begins with an intensive two-week summer program working with leading theatre artists from around the country and continues through the following spring with access to rehearsals, master classes, and workshops with MRT’s staff and visiting artists.
MRT’s Young Company will provide opportunities for young people to communicate their ideas, define their unique voice, and build community through theatre creation; offer fun, fully-immersive opportunities for students to better understand the inner workings of a professional theatre; build strong connections between the next generation of theatre artists and leaders in the American theatre; and bring together a broad range of students with a variety of interests and varying degrees of theatrical experience.
During the summer program, students will receive instruction from professional theatre artists in acting, improvisation, playmaking, writing, movement, design and dramaturgy. They will then create their own play. Each session will conclude with a showcase of the students’ original work, open to the public, at 2:00 pm on the final day of the session.
Beginning in the fall and continuing throughout the spring, the Young Company will regularly meet during MRT’s producing season to fully understand the inner workings of a professional theatre company and increase their skill sets. Access is limited to students who participated in the summer Young Company program.
Students entering middle school (grades 6-8) will attend the summer program Monday-Friday, July 11 -22 from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. Students entering high school (grades 9-12) will attend Monday-Friday, July 25 – August 5 from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. The cost is $850 per student and covers the summer and year-long aspects of the program. Need-based scholarships are available. For more information about scholarships, registration, or the program in general, parents should contact Amy Menkin at 978-654-7567 or amy.menkin@mrt.org.
The year-long program includes:
- Rehearsal and Tech Observation: Students may attend rehearsals, including technical rehearsals to track a play from first rehearsal through opening night.
- Workshop Attendance: Throughout the season MRT hosts workshops of plays in development with a variety of nationally-renowned playwrights and artists. Students may attend workshop rehearsals and final readings.
- Master Classes and Artist Talks: As available, guest artists, MRT staff, and members of the MRT Patriot Program will offer classes and discussions based on their own experience and expertise in theatre.
Merrimack Repertory Theatre's Young Company
132 Warren St
Lowell MA 01852
(978) 654-7595
www.mrt.org/youngcompany
info@mrt.org
